Weird poll: Majority say NSA leaker did a good thing, but most also want him prosecuted

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Jun 13, 2013 at 12:01 AMJun 13, 2013 at 1:20 PM

Earlier today, I told you HERE about the divergence among respective results of several polls on the subject of National Security Agency surveillance as a safeguard against terrorism.

Well, HERE‘s another poll on the matter — and this one has divergence built right into its results:

More than half of Americans approve of a former intelligence contractor’s decision to leak classified details of sprawling government surveillance programs, according to the results of a new TIME poll.

Fifty-four percent of respondents said the leaker, Edward Snowden, 29, did a “good thing” in releasing information about the government programs, which collect phone, email, ...

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Pat Cunningham

Earlier today, I told you HERE about the divergence among respective results of several polls on the subject of National Security Agency surveillance as a safeguard against terrorism.

Well, HERE‘s another poll on the matter — and this one has divergence built right into its results:

More than half of Americans approve of a former intelligence contractor’s decision to leak classified details of sprawling government surveillance programs, according to the results of a new TIME poll.

Fifty-four percent of respondents said the leaker, Edward Snowden, 29, did a “good thing” in releasing information about the government programs, which collect phone, email, ...